Bilateral blindness after starting highly active antiretroviral treatment in a patient with HIV infection and cryptococcal meningitis

C De Schacht; R M E Smets; S Callens; R Colebunders

doi:10.1179/acb.2005.003

Bilateral blindness after starting highly active antiretroviral treatment in a patient with HIV infection and cryptococcal meningitis

Acta Clin Belg. 2005 Jan-Feb;60(1):10-2. doi: 10.1179/acb.2005.003.

Authors

C De Schacht¹, R M E Smets, S Callens, R Colebunders

Affiliation

¹ Departement Klinische Wetenschappen, Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde, Nationalestraat 155, B-2000 Antwerpen.

PMID: 15981698
DOI: 10.1179/acb.2005.003

Abstract

A 26-year-old HIV-seropositive Caucasian man with cryptococcal meningitis developed permanent bilateral blindness shortly after starting highly active antiretroviral treatment. The blindness may have been a consequence of an immune reactivation inflammatory syndrome caused by this treatment.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active / adverse effects*
Blindness / chemically induced*
Comorbidity
HIV Seropositivity / drug therapy*
HIV Seropositivity / epidemiology*
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Cryptococcal / epidemiology*